How a glover's son from rural Stratford became the greatest writer who ever lived. Explores how Shakespeare's creative genius was nourished by a dangerous and exciting world filled with bitter rivalries, rebellion, murder and deadly plague
Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the 1967 filmed version of Franco Zeffirelli's famous National Theatre production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing
During a Sicilian fiesta, young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other
Join presenter and musician Owain Wyn Evans for a concert full of Halloween tricks and treats. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ellie Slorach, perform music that is guaranteed to give you a thrill.The concert includes Bach's gothic masterpiece Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre and the spine-tingling Rimsky Korsakov's arrangement of Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain
How a glover's son from rural Stratford became the greatest writer who ever lived. Explores how Shakespeare's creative genius was nourished by a dangerous and exciting world filled with bitter rivalries, rebellion, murder and deadly plague
Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. Here, she looks at Edward the Black Prince
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
New Zealand was one of the last land-masses to be found and settled by people. Lush and fertile, almost everything brought here flourishes, often with surprising consequences. Told through the experiences of its native species – in particular, a charismatic and peculiar giant, flightless parrot – this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife, since humans first arrived
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Captain Bligh, King Richard III, Shakespeare's English Kings and George Stephenson
Game show in which two teams of three celebrity contestants take turns to provide definitions of an obscure word, and try to guess which one is correct and which is a bluff
1996 saw the peak of Britpop, the divorce of Charles and Diana and England hosting the European Football Championship. It also saw the beginnings of a new TV genre, 'docu-soap', with Chris Terrill's series Soho Stories. Armed with a single camera, Chris embedded himself in the heart of this multi-faceted community, charting their lives, work, relationships, religion and fears
In the last of the series, Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. The material benefits of the `good order' delivered by Roman rule provided its citizens and subjects with the security to ask profound questions about the meaning of life, questions that the Roman belief system was ill-equipped to answer. Christianity grew to fill the spiritual vacuum, and the City of Man was eclipsed the City of God
New Zealand was one of the last land-masses to be found and settled by people. Lush and fertile, almost everything brought here flourishes, often with surprising consequences. Told through the experiences of its native species – in particular, a charismatic and peculiar giant, flightless parrot – this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife, since humans first arrived
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
Shire horses, lifeboat heroes and a rugby team who train on the beach are among friends old and new that Gareth and Maureen Edwards meet on a trip away to St Davids, Pembrokeshire
As country commissioner for the Girl Guides, Audrey upbraids Richard for not sponsoring a charity event in aid of a new scout hut
Richard isn't exactly over the moon with his birthday present, but that's only the start of a series of problems
In the second of this three-part series, Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman Conquest of Britain and Ireland. Bartlett shows how William the Conqueror imposed a new aristocracy, savagely cut down opposition and built scores of castles and cathedrals to intimidate and control. He also commissioned the Domesday Book, the greatest national survey of England that had ever been attempted
The remarkable story of Kwame Brathwaite, the Harlem photographer, activist and cultural pioneer whose work helped define the iconic Black Is Beautiful movement. Across a career spanning more than seven decades, Kwame captured over 500,000 images documenting African American life, creativity and identity, while championing black pride through photography, fashion and grassroots activism
Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the 99 per cent of the cosmos that is hidden in the dark, invisible to our telescopes and beyond our comprehension
Shire horses, lifeboat heroes and a rugby team who train on the beach are among friends old and new that Gareth and Maureen Edwards meet on a trip away to St Davids, Pembrokeshire
In the last of the series, Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. The material benefits of the `good order' delivered by Roman rule provided its citizens and subjects with the security to ask profound questions about the meaning of life, questions that the Roman belief system was ill-equipped to answer. Christianity grew to fill the spiritual vacuum, and the City of Man was eclipsed the City of God
In the second of this three-part series, Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman Conquest of Britain and Ireland. Bartlett shows how William the Conqueror imposed a new aristocracy, savagely cut down opposition and built scores of castles and cathedrals to intimidate and control. He also commissioned the Domesday Book, the greatest national survey of England that had ever been attempted
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
Maureen has arranged a trip the spectacular Brecon Beacons. But it's not the usual walks amid epic mountain scenery on the agenda. In a first for both, the childhood sweethearts enlist in tank school. After donning cam cream and military gear, the couple get a lesson in controlling a full-sized tank
In 15 BC, the Emperor Augustus set out to conquer Germania, but to pacify this northern territory, he needed to control a direct route through the unconquered Alps. Despite its importance, little was known about Augustus's Alpine campaign until researchers uncovered an ancient battlefield and the Roman Empire's highest military camp at the Septimer Pass in the Swiss canton of Grisons
First transmitted in 1991, architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a Brutalist tower block in west London, designed by Ern? Goldfinger, and completed in 1972
Professor Brian Cox visits a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its enormous size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets. Jupiter is not only the biggest but also the oldest planet in the solar system. It alone witnessed the birth of the Sun and ever since its immense gravity has shaped the destiny of the other worlds
Forty years on, one of Marlow's fellow patients comes to the end of his Philip Marlow book as the day's visitors flood into the ward. And just as he is falling into a doze, Marlow senses the presence of his scheming ex-wife
The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Later, Marlow the hospital patient dreams about the homecoming and a frightening figure of a scarecrow
An exploration of the attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605, one of the most famous yet least understood events in British history. It shows how the plot was almost England's 9/11, and asks why a group of young Englishmen became so radicalised and so hell-bent on terrorism. Computer graphics recreate what the Houses of Parliament looked like in 1605, and show just how close the plotters came to success
Maureen has arranged a trip the spectacular Brecon Beacons. But it's not the usual walks amid epic mountain scenery on the agenda. In a first for both, the childhood sweethearts enlist in tank school. After donning cam cream and military gear, the couple get a lesson in controlling a full-sized tank
Professor Brian Cox visits a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its enormous size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets. Jupiter is not only the biggest but also the oldest planet in the solar system. It alone witnessed the birth of the Sun and ever since its immense gravity has shaped the destiny of the other worlds
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
Dan experiences for himself how the Battle of Britain in WWII was fought when he takes flight in a high performance stunt plane. Peter gives a blow-by-blow account of the pivotal moments of the battle and how the RAF held off the might of the German Luftwaffe during the summer of 1940
A small group of commandos, led by Captain Keith Mallory, are assigned to attack and destroy the eponymous guns – installed on the side of a mountain – that are preventing allied ships from rescuing 2,000 trapped British soldiers. Unable to attack by air or sea, the crack team is sent in but it seems there is a turncoat amongst them
A murderous lunatic escapes incarceration and returns to his home town intent on reliving his crime. Fifteen years before, on Halloween night, the boy had forsaken trick-or-treating to viciously stab his sister to death. Now he is pursued by the doctor who has pronounced him to be evil personified
When a homeless man disturbed the tomb of George Mackenzie in 1998, there followed a series of physical attacks which remain unexplained to this day
Amidst rumours of a curse, mysterious deaths at Lake Lanier abound, whilst survivors report the feeling of being pulled into the depths or held beneath by unseen hands
Join presenter and musician Owain Wyn Evans for a concert full of Halloween tricks and treats. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ellie Slorach, perform music that is guaranteed to give you a thrill.The concert includes Bach's gothic masterpiece Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre and the spine-tingling Rimsky Korsakov's arrangement of Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain
Dan experiences for himself how the Battle of Britain in WWII was fought when he takes flight in a high performance stunt plane. Peter gives a blow-by-blow account of the pivotal moments of the battle and how the RAF held off the might of the German Luftwaffe during the summer of 1940
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 July 2000 and featuring Kylie Minogue, Lonyo, Samantha Mumba, Coldplay, Vengaboys, Sid Owen, Robbie Williams, Five Queen and Eminem
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 July 2000 and featuring Jessica Simpson, Steps, Artful Dodger feat. Robbie Craig, Atomic Kitten, Oasis, Alice Deejay, Limp Bizkit and The Corrs
Julian Clary presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 November 1996 and featuring Reef, Livin' Joy, Alisha's Attic, Madonna, Space, Wham! Toni Braxton, Jimmy Nail, East 17 featuring Gabrielle and Spice Girls
Simon Bates presents performances by Altered Images, Olivia Newton-John, Trevor Walters, B.A. Robertson Maggie Bell, Haircut 100, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Squeeze and Dave Stewart Barbara Gaskin
Noel Edmonds looks at the weekly pop charts and introduces Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Robin Sarstedt, Acker Bilk, Cliff Richard and Gallagher and Lyle. Dance sequence by Ruby Flipper
Another fantastic selection of dancefloor disco classics, featuring a wealth of performances from the BBC's music archives, including Tina Charles, The Real Thing, Sister Sledge and The Bee Gees
In 1977, New York night club Studio 54 opened its doors. Frequented by celebrity guests, the club became the place to be. A look underneath the glitz and glamour of New York's most famous club
At the end of the 1970s, the founding principles of disco – queerness, diversity and feminism – were coming under increasing attack from a predominantly white, straight, rock-loving audience
Disco was all pervasive in the mid and early 70s. Towards the end of the decade, Punk stole the headlines but Disco still had the high street. Everyone was into it and getting down on it at the local discotheque. Join us in a celebration of all things Disco including performances by The Jacksons, Thelma Houston, Sylvester, Carl Douglas, George McCrae, Sister Sledge, McFadden and Whitehead, Eruption and Gloria Gaynor
Julian Clary presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 November 1996 and featuring Reef, Livin' Joy, Alisha's Attic, Madonna, Space, Wham! Toni Braxton, Jimmy Nail, East 17 featuring Gabrielle and Spice Girls
Noel Edmonds looks at the weekly pop charts and introduces Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Robin Sarstedt, Acker Bilk, Cliff Richard and Gallagher and Lyle. Dance sequence by Ruby Flipper
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 July 2000 and featuring Kylie Minogue, Lonyo, Samantha Mumba, Coldplay, Vengaboys, Sid Owen, Robbie Williams, Five Queen and Eminem
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind
BBC Four [UK] — телеканал с разноформатным контентом для широкой аудитории. Гибкость эфирной сетки позволяет адаптировать наполнение под разные дни недели и даже особые периоды — например, в праздники делать упор на тематические марафоны или ретроспективные показы, а в будни — на регулярные выпуски и оперативные репортажи. Кроме того, сочетание коротких рубрик и полноценных часовых программ даёт зрителю свободу выбора: можно быстро получить сжатую информацию или посвятить время детальному разбору темы. Именно эта вариативность и способность закрывать сразу несколько потребностей — в информации, образовании и развлечении — делает разноформатную сетку эффективным решением для современного телеканала.
Актуальное расписание можно найти несколькими удобными способами:
Регулярно обновляемая программа передач позволяет заранее спланировать просмотр любимых шоу и не пропустить премьеры.
Знание программы передач помогает:
Благодаря чёткой структуре сетки вещания и разнообразию контента каждый зритель найдёт на BBC Four [UK] что‑то по душе.